Ordinance #11,869

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                                                                        NO.  11,869                

 

            The following Ordinance was offered by Ms.  Woods            who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Wilson                     :

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 6, SQ. 14, ARENT & GORDON RESUBDIVISION ADDITION, 106 S 20TH ST., MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JUNE 60, 2016, AND FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO                                                                          

WHEREAS, the City of Monroe, in accordance with LA R.S. 47:2236, intends to acquire full ownership of the following lots:

LOT 6, SQ.14, ARENT & GORDON RESUBDIVISION ADDITION, 106 S 20TH ST., MONROE, LA. – R#60575

WHEREAS, the above described property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2015 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed June 30, 2016 in Conveyance Book 2470 at page 117 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana.  The 2015 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Joe Danzie, Byron Pope, Cordelia Pope Davenport and Robert E. Pope, Jr., and

WHEREAS, that a copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the recorder of mortgages, Ouachita Parish, and that within 30 days thereafter, the City of Monroe shall send a written notice regarding the acquisition to the tax sale parties whose interest the political subdivision intends to be terminated that the party has until the end of six (6) months from the date of the notice to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the acquisition, and

WHEREAS, that this notice shall constitute a notice of sale.  The sending of this notice shall constitute service of the notice of sale under Article VII, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and

WHEREAS, that notice shall be published in the official journal of the City of Monroe, The News Star, that any tax sale party whose interest will be terminated has six (6) months from the date of publication to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the acquisition.

                ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the  24th    day of July, 2018.

                NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  27th     day of  July                   , 2018.

                This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published, was then submitted to a vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

                AYES:                    Echols, Ezernack, Woods & Wilson

                NAYS:                   None.

                ABSENT:              Clark.

                And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  14th     day of  August         , 2018.

 

                                                                                                                                Gretchen H. Ezernack                     

                                                                                                                                CHAIRMAN

 

Carolus S. Riley                                 

CITY CLERK

 

James E. Mayo                                                                                                   ____________________________

MAYOR’S APPROVAL                                                                                   MAYOR’S VETO